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#101 2013-03-28 22:46:18
- zetafunc.
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Re: Another coin problem
No, we do not have GCSE in India. Atleast I don't think so.
For international students, IGCSEs are offered by the CIE and Edexcel exam boards (I think those are the only two, I could be wrong). They are designed to offer qualifications of a similar level to GCSE to students not living in England.
#102 2013-03-28 23:43:19
Re: Another coin problem
ζfunc, Y U NO SIGN UP?
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#103 2013-04-04 00:07:14
Re: Another coin problem
NEW PROBLEM
There are 150 balls marked in a bag which are marked in a range of 1 to 150. Three random balls are taken out and laid on the table. What is the probability that the three balls are taken out in an ascending order?
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#104 2013-04-04 11:51:48
- bobbym
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Re: Another coin problem
Hi Agnishom;
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#105 2013-04-04 14:14:39
Re: Another coin problem
I also got something like that
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#106 2013-04-04 19:29:23
- bobbym
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Re: Another coin problem
Amazingly it is the same answer for any n.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#107 2013-04-04 20:33:30
Re: Another coin problem
So, how?
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#108 2013-04-04 20:51:20
- bobbym
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Re: Another coin problem
It uses three series to get the answer.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#109 2013-04-04 21:28:09
- gAr
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Re: Another coin problem
Hi,
Once we have 3 numbered balls on the table, the sample space is those 3 numbers.
Hence, the probability is 1 / 3!
May be it's more complicated if we are dealing with multisets?
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#110 2013-04-04 23:53:49
Re: Another coin problem
Thats a brilliant concept but what about the series?
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#111 2013-04-05 00:05:09
- bobbym
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Re: Another coin problem
Thats a brilliant concept
Brilliant and a lot shorter.
but what about the series?
Hmmm, the methods of experimental math never promise the shortest solution! They just promise a solution.
c = 150
To prove for any c it is always 1 / 6 as gAr's method proves.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#112 2013-04-05 02:15:25
Re: Another coin problem
Yikes!
Where did you get that formula from?
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#113 2013-04-05 02:21:50
- bobbym
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Re: Another coin problem
From programming. it is rather quite easy to visualize but difficult to explain.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#114 2013-04-05 02:36:25
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I can do neither.
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
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#115 2013-04-05 02:39:13
- bobbym
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Re: Another coin problem
Like everything else it comes eventually. But you already know how to program.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#116 2013-04-05 02:56:08
Re: Another coin problem
Sort of...
Thats how I made that wild guess, but it doesn't help me to point out the exact
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#117 2013-04-05 03:01:42
- bobbym
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Re: Another coin problem
It will take some time before anyone can solve problems well.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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#118 2013-04-05 03:27:34
Re: Another coin problem
And what should he do in that time?
'And fun? If maths is fun, then getting a tooth extraction is fun. A viral infection is fun. Rabies shots are fun.'
'God exists because Mathematics is consistent, and the devil exists because we cannot prove it'
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#119 2013-04-05 03:38:55
- bobbym
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Re: Another coin problem
1) Work on problems!
2) Learn how to program well.
3) Learn and use a CAS.
4) Learn an interactive geometry program.
In mathematics, you don't understand things. You just get used to them.
If it ain't broke, fix it until it is.
Always satisfy the Prime Directive of getting the right answer above all else.
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